CHIEF MINISTER Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said \u201cno Indian should be hesitant\u201d about being proud of his or her Hindu identity. Addressing an event on \u2018Hindvi Swaraj Diwas\u2019, organised at Lucknow University on the anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj\u2019s coronation, Adityanath asked if like Hinduism, any other religion can claim its voice for ahimsa (non-violence), abhay (fearless) and satya (truth) \u2014 the three pillars of \u2018Hindu sanatan sanskriti\u2019.<\/p>\n
Referring to Swami Vivekanand\u2019s speech in Chicago, he said: \u201cAt Chicago, when asked about Hinduism, Swami Vivekanad had said that he was proud to be a Hindu. I believe that no Indian should be hesitant about this.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that the aim of Hinduism is \u2018Satyam Shivam Sundaram\u2019. \u201cHindu is the amrit rasdhara going towards the ocean of truth\u2026 Ahimsa, abhay and satya are the three pillars of Hindu sanatan sanskriti, and that is why we feel proud in being a Hindu,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Claiming that \u201cdistorted portrayal of history has tried to bound our great personalities\u201d, Adityanath said: \u201cBut true history is where we remember those heroes centuries after they are gone and today, this function tells that Shivaji was great and Aurangzeb was not.\u201d<\/p>\n
Governor Ram Naik, who was also present at the event, said that last year, during the same function, he inaugurated a grand statue of Shivaji in the university. He asked the university to hold for this programme at a bigger level.<\/p>\n
\u201cShivaji\u2019s name is on top of world\u2019s best strategists. He was a true secular leader with a lot of Muslims (holding) important designations during his regime,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma, Uttarakhand leader Bhagat Singh Koshyari and University Vice-Chancellor S P Singh were among the others present at the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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